“Pick ‘Em or Kick ‘Em”™: FGT VS. Urban Sports Scene 2021 Week 11 NFL Picks

By the Football Garbage Time Staff

If you followed last year, you won over 60% of your picks, and we aim to do even better this year.

And if you’ve been following us, you know that we here at Football Garbage Time have gone head to head against Wally, Will and Ray at Urban Sports Scene on our NFL Picks for the last 7 seasons.  Why?  Because they’re awesome competitors, they KNOW their sports, and, heck, they’re just good guys!  This year we’ll have their picks up right HERE, so keep it tuned in, to both us and them, because we’ll be picking all season all long.

Without further to do, here we go:

Week 11 Games

Ha Kung Wong’s Picks

Ha Kung’s Thoughts:

UPDATE: With Lamar Jackson ruled OUT, I’m switching my pick to the Bears.

Last year I ended up with a 68.1% record for the season, so that’s six years in a row with over a 60% pick rate.  I got back on track with 15 of 16 in Week 6 and with a solid performance in Week 10 am back on top and sitting at a decent 94-55 (63.1%) on the year.  Last year, I had a 87.5% record on Locks of the Week and a 50% record on Upsets of the Week.  So far I’m 70% (7-3) on my Locks and 50% (5-5) on my Upsets this year, so it looks like we’re well on track.  Don’t worry, I don’t plan on stopping now!

Let’s get to that Lock (for Survivor Leagues) and Upset for Week 11…

Lock of the Week ➡ Tennessee Titans (-10.5) over Houston Texans

The Bucs losing last week to the Washington Football Team is the epitome of “there’s no such thing as a sure thing”, so I have to be careful this week, but I believe in the momentum that we’ve seen from the Titans in their 6 game win streak.  The Titans demonstrated last week in their 23-21 win over the Saints that they’re more than just King Henry.  With a balanced attack and solid defense (which has been on a ridiculous roll of late), they look like a team that has a shot at the Super Bowl.  The Titans have the 5th most points (27.8) and their defense has the 4th most sacks (27) and 9th most takeaways (14) this season.  The Texans on the other hand have the least amount of yards per game (280.1) this season.  I know it seems obvious, but lock in the Titans this week.

Upset of the Week ➡ New Orleans Saints (+1.5) over Philadelphia Eagles

Yes, the Saints did lose last week as I just mentioned, but it was only by 2 points to arguably one of the hottest teams in the NFL.  And that was without Alvin Kamara.  The Eagles have become a run first team behind Jordan Howard, of all people, but it looks to be a little bit of smoke and mirrors to me.  On on defense, the Eagles have the 6th least sacks (6) and 8th least takeaways (9) of any team this season.  On the flipside, the Saints defense has been quietly effective allowing the 7th least points per game (19.8) and the 10th least yards per game (334.0) this season.  It feels strange to say this, but in Trevor Siemian I trust, so I think the Saints get the upset.

Joanne Kong’s Picks

UPDATE: With Lamar Jackson ruled OUT, Joanne is switching her pick to the Bears. She’s also switching her pick to the Panthers in light of Cam Newton getting up to speed.

Scott King’s Picks

Scott’s Thoughts:

Finding my way. Need to make a run.

Wole’s Picks

Wole’s Thoughts:

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Ray’s Picks

Ray’s Thoughts:

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Will’s Picks

Coming Soon!

Will’s Thoughts:

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George’s Picks

George’s Thoughts:

Trying to bounce back after an awful week and we will start with Thursday night where Atlanta is trying to bounce back from a horrible beatdown by the Cowboys. New England’s been on fire. I tried this last week and it didn’t work but this is a classic sucker punch for a public that will heavily back New England.

Indianapolis very quietly has won 4 of 5 and I think they might catch Buffalo off guard here. Bills can beat up on the bad teams but usually are in tight games with everyone else. A tight game will favor the Colts.

Jalen Hurts had his breakout game against New Orleans last year. And he will stick to the Saints again this year.

Think Las Vegas will bounce back from that disaster against KC by beating dealing the Bengals their third straight defeat.

Week 10 Results

Current Standings

Check back next week for Week 11 results and Week 12 picks!

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